{"product_id":"invincible-universe-compendium-volume-1-9781534399969","title":"Invincible Universe Compendium Volume 1","description":"THE BEST SUPERHERO UNIVERSE SERIES IN THE UNIVERSE! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy now, everyone in the world knows Invincible. But what about the rest of the Invincible Universe's heroes and villains? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAtom Eve! Rex Splode! Brit! Best Tiger! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection reveals the secret history of Invincible's closest allies, as well as the formation of a brand-new Guardians of the Globe team to fight the largest gathering of supervillains ever: The Order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollects INVINCIBLE PRESENTS: ATOM EVE #1-2, INVINCIBLE PRESENTS: ATOM EVE \u0026amp; REX SPLODE #1-3, GUARDING THE GLOBE (VOL. 1) #1-6, GUARDING THE GLOBE (VOL. 2) #1-6, and INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE #1-12.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time. The property has also been extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdditional Kirkman comics include Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, Invincible, Outcast, Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that deep dives into each week's episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead's companion series, Fear the Walking Dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Kirkman's popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted and produced for Cinemax. His second longest running coming book series Invincible is currently being adapted for a live action movie for Universal and an animated series for Amazon. Kirkman will serve as Executive Producer on both adaptations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert is also the Chairman of Skybound Entertainment. Robert, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded Skybound alongside his longtime business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJamie Groover is an American comic book writer who uses the pen name Benito Cereno. He is best known as the writer and co-creator of 2004's \u003ci\u003eTales from the Bully Pulpit \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHector Plasm. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work first appeared as strips in early issues of Robert Kirkman's comic book INVINCIBLE. These backups were illustrated by Nate Bellegarde, and included such characters as the \u003ci\u003eDeep-Fried Monkey, Deep-Fried Pirate\u003c\/i\u003e, and pseudo-autobiographical versions of the duo themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhil Hester has been writing and drawing comics since the dawn of time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He has drawn Kevin Smith's \u003ci\u003eGreen Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Millar's \u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Kirkman's \u003ci\u003eAnt-Man, \u003c\/i\u003eand Jeff Lemire's \u003ci\u003eFamily Tree\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as notable runs on \u003ci\u003eNightwing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flash\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBatman Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJustice League\u003c\/i\u003e, and Kevin Smith's \u003ci\u003eTales from the Quick Stop\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent assignments include \u003ci\u003eGotham City: Year One\u003c\/i\u003e with Tom King, CREEPSHOW, and a return to \u003ci\u003eGreen Arrow.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Phil has written \u003ci\u003eWonder Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, THE DARKNESS, \u003ci\u003eDeathstroke\u003c\/i\u003e, MYTHIC, \u003ci\u003eTitans Giant, Swamp Thing Giant\u003c\/i\u003e, INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE, and his co-creations \u003ci\u003eThe Coffin\u003c\/i\u003e with artist Mike Huddleston, and FIREBREATHER with artist Andy Kuhn, which became an Emmy-winning feature on Cartoon Network. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He wrote and drew \u003ci\u003eThe Wretch\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for an Eisner Award. 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